> Well, this isn't a complete solution but it works for tables and you
> could do something similar for entire documents.

Thanks for all the feedback.

I'm aware of most of the points that people brought up, including this
kind of solution.

As a matter of fact, I _like_ the simplicity of the 'accretion' model in
Quixote, and I wouldn't want to move away from it in general.  I was
just thinking that it would be neat if the response object allowed me to
manipulate the StringIO object in more random-access ways -- at the same
time.

--david